Datacenter Proxies Quick Start Guide

In this Quick Start Guide, we’ll show you all you need to know for a smooth start with Oxylabs Datacenter Proxies. There are two subscription options, each having their advantages for different use cases, allowing you to choose the best for cost efficiency and your project requirements.

Setting up Datacenter Proxies

1. Register and pick a plan

Go to the Oxylabs dashboard and create an account. Then, select Datacenter Proxies from the Proxies tab, click Buy now to head to the Pricing section, and pick a subscription plan:

• Pay per IP: Best for large-volume and cost-effective data collection. 

• Pay per GB: Best for low-traffic scraping tasks that require a large and diverse pool of IP addresses.

If you have any questions, need more options, or would like to get a free trial, don’t hesitate to contact our 24/7 Support Team.

2. Create a proxy user

To access and use Datacenter Proxies, you first need to create a proxy user. Enter your preferred username and password, and then click Create proxy user. Make sure to save your credentials for later use.

3. Run a request

After completion, you can now form and run your first cURL request in a terminal or any other setup to test Datacenter Proxies. Let’s send a query to https://ip.oxylabs.io/location using port 8000:

Here’s the same code for you to copy:

curl -x dc.oxylabs.io:8000 -U "user-USERNAME:PASSWORD" https://ip.oxylabs.io/location

Get your proxy list

⚠️ Note: This section is relevant only for the pay per IP subscribers. If you’ve purchased Datacenter Proxies per traffic, skip to the next section.

Within seconds of creating a proxy user, you’ll receive a confirmation message with a link to your proxy list.

You can also access your proxy list in the dashboard by clicking Datacenter Proxies under the My Products section and selecting Proxy list.

Here’s the same cURL command you can copy:

curl -x dc.oxylabs.io:8000 -U "user-USERNAME-country-DE:PASSWORD" https://ip.oxylabs.io/location

Differences in subscription methods

Datacenter per IP users who provide a rotating port and a country parameter will receive a random IP from the selected country from their Proxy list with each new request.

Datacenter per traffic users who provide a rotating port and a country parameter will receive random IP from the selected country from the entire proxy pool.

Protocols

Datacenter Proxies support HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 protocols. For example, to connect through an HTTPS protocol, you must specify this in your request by adding https:// to your entry point, like so: https://dc.oxylabs.io:8000.

Please ensure that the libraries or third-party tools you want to use support HTTPS and SOCKS5 protocols. Check out this complete code sample that uses HTTPS:

curl -x https://dc.oxylabs.io:8000 -U "user-USERNAME:PASSWORD" https://ip.oxylabs.io/location

Response codes

These are the most common response codes you can get while using our Datacenter Proxies. If you received an error while making a request and it's not on the list, contact our 24/7  available support team or your dedicated account manager.

To add traffic limits, scroll down the Menu on the left and head to Limits and spending → Usage limits. There, after picking the Create rule, you can choose which product and which user you’d like to have spending limits.

Additional resources

If there’s anything else you’d like to ask, don’t hesitate to contact our Support Team via live chat or email. They will help you ease your worries before you buy a proxy server.

We’ve got plenty of content to answer most questions and teach you something new, so feel free to explore:

• Documentation

• Discord community

• GitHub

• YouTube

• Blog